 Nor by me e'er shall you, You of all names the sweetest, and the best, You Muses, books, and liberty, and rest; You gardens, fields, and woods forsaken be, As long as life itself forsakes not me.  Prose works - Page 231by Abraham Cowley - 1826Full view - About this book
 | Abraham Cowley - 1806 - 290 pages
...me e'er shall you, You, of all names the sweetest and the best, You, Muses, books, and liberty, and rest; You, gardens, fields, and woods, forsaken be,...maintain the humour to the last. MARTIAL. LIB. X. EPIGR. XLTII. " Vitam qucefaciunt beatiorem," #c. SINCE, dearest friend, 't is your desire to see A true receipt... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 556 pages
...by me e'er shall you, You of all names the sweetest and the best, You Muses, Books, and Liberty, and Rest ;• You Gardens, Fields, and Woods forsaken be,. As long as life itself forsakes not me. t)r. Johnson's character of his prose style merits quotation : " No author (says lie) ever kept his... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 1152 pages
...by me e'er shall you, You of all names the sweetest and the best, You Muses, Books, and Liberty, and Rest ; You Gardens, Fields, and Woods forsaken be, As long as life itself forsakes not me. that which all men saw, nor lay more approved foundations, than that man is naturally free ; that he... | |
 | Francis Dukinfield Astley - 1807 - 78 pages
...desirable, being the first tree that salutes the early spring with its chear* Nor by me e'er shall you, Your gardens, fields, and woods forsaken be, As long as life itself forsakes not me. CowLEY. ful green. The best mode of raising this tree, is by engrafting it upon the stock of the wych... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 286 pages
...me e'er shall you, You, of all names the sweetest and the best, You, Muses, books, and liberty, and rest; You, gardens, fields, and woods, forsaken be,...maintain the humour to the last. MARTIAL. LIB. X. EPIGR. XLVII. " Vitam qutejaciimt beatiorem," <5j-c. SINCE, dearest friend, 'tis your desire to see A true... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 284 pages
...me e'er shall you, You, of all names the sweetest and the best, You, Muses, books, and liberty, and rest; You, gardens, fields, and woods, forsaken be,...maintain the humour to the last. MARTIAL. LIB. X. EPIGE. XLVII. " Vitam quaefaciunt beatiorem," Sfc. SINCE, dearest friend, 't is your desire to see... | |
 | Manual - 1809 - 288 pages
...me e'er jhall you, You, of all names the sweetest and the best, You muses, boots, and 1•berty and rest ; You, gardens, fields, and woods forsaken be;...But this is a very pretty ejaculation ; because I Lave concluded all the other chapters \vith a copy of verses, 1 will maintuin the humour to the ]ast.»... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 pages
...best, You Muses, books, and liberty anil rest ; You, gardens, fields, and woods, forsaken be, As lorn,' as life itself forsakes not me. But this is a very pretty ejaculation. — Becar'i I have concluded all the other chapters with .-i copy of verses, 1 will maintain the humour... | |
 | 1821 - 424 pages
...me e'er shall you, You, of all names the sweetest and the best, You Muses, books, and liberty, and rest ; You, gardens, fields, and woods, forsaken be,...maintain the humour to the last. MARTIAL, LIB. X. EPIC. XL VII. " Vitam quae facinnt," &c. SINCE, dearest friend, 'tis your desire to see A true receipt... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 246 pages
...me e'er shall you, You, of all names the sweetest and the best, You, Muses, books, and liberty, and rest; You, gardens, fields, and woods, forsaken be,...maintain the humour to the last. MARTIAL. LIB. X. EPIGR. XLVII. " \ haui quae facinnt beatiorem," &c. SINCE, dearest friend, 'tis your desire to see A true... | |
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